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- The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, January 1, 1942
R.J. Hill, 69, Pioneer Rivers Citizen, Buried
(Special in The Winnipeg Tribune)
RIVERS, Man., Jan. 1 ? Funeral service for Robert James Hill, 69, pioneer citizen of Rivers, and one of the best-known former engineers of this division of the C.N.R., was held Monday at the United church here. Rev. W.R. Donogh conducted the service.
Officers and members of the local Masonic lodge conducted the funeral rites of the order. Pallbearers, members of the Masonic craft, were: W.G. Thomas, R.G. Sinclair, W.T. Dyer, T.W. Offen, Frank Taylor, and James Frame.
Burial was made Tuesday at Brookside cemetery, Winnipeg, following a service at Thompson?s funeral parlor.
Mr. Hill, who was born at London, Ont., went to Battle Creek, Mich., as a boy. He was associated with railroading for 47 years, having worked in the States on the Grand Trunk and the Santa Fe railways.
He came to Rivers in 1907, when it was little more than a name, and became one of the first locomotive engineers on the Grand Trunk Pacific, which later was merged with the Canadian National railways. He retired on pension about four years ago.
He was married in 1894 at Decerkville, Mich, to Susanna Bassett, who died in 1934. He later married Jessie Lawson, who survives him.
Deceased was prominent in the Masonic Order, being a member of the Craft, Royal Arch, and the Shrine. He was a member of the United Church.
He is survived by his widow and three daughters: Mrs. J.A. McKenzie, Rivers; Mrs. Pat Garrity, Winnipeg; and Leona Jean, at home.
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